Access first
Drive in early so concrete and material trucks are not the thing that tears your lot up.
Lot clearing and site prep in Columbia, MS
Trees gone, debris gone, and the property dressed up ready for a pad to start building — so the next truck on it is your builder's.
Site prep for a house pad or a mobile home
Site prep is clearing, stumping and dirt work aimed at one thing: your builder, or your mobile home, being able to land on the date they said.
That changes the order it gets done in. The access usually wants to go in first, so the trucks that follow do not cut the lot to pieces. The debris needs somewhere to live that is not where the house is going. And the pad has to be built and drained, not just flattened.
He has cleared land and set a forty-foot connex on it, levelled. He has cleaned up around old buildings, taken the buildings out and got the ground ready for a new mobile home. Same job, different thing landing on it.
A building lot cleared back out of the growth
The concrete was still under there. You could not see it from the road.
Access in first, then clearing and stumping, then the pad
Opened and stumped
Building envelope, drive and yard cleared, with the root balls out where the structure is going.
Pad built and drained
Built up, packed and crowned so water leaves the slab instead of standing on it.
Ground levelled to set a shop, a connex or a mobile home
A forty-foot connex, a shop, a mobile home. Clearing the ground is half of it — the other half is the ground being level and solid enough to take the weight and stay that way after the first hard rain.
If you have a plot plan, bring it. Setbacks and the building envelope are easier to respect on paper than by eye.
Trees you keep, old buildings hauled off, how long a lot takes
Can you leave specific trees?
Yes, and it is worth walking the lot and marking them before anything starts. Bear in mind a tree left very close to a new pad may not survive having its roots cut anyway — he will tell you which ones those are.
Can you do just the clearing and let my builder grade?
Of course. Tell him where you want the handoff and he stops there.
Do you set mobile homes and containers?
He has cleared land and set a forty-foot connex on it, levelled, and he has prepped lots for new mobile homes. Tell him what is coming and how heavy.
Do you haul off old buildings?
Yes. Old sheds, burnt structures and the debris around them get cleaned up and hauled off.
How long does a lot take?
It depends on the size and what is standing on it. He will give you a real day when he looks at it. The look is free.
Get a free quote on clearing your building lot
Call or text 601-554-6517 with the address and what is going on it.